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Well, the Olympics no longer try to define male and female because they discovered that there is no absolute scientific way to determine. Now that we know that there are 9 chromosome patterns found in humans (7 besides the common XX and XY) and because we have discovered that there are normal appearing and functioning men with the XX pattern and vice versa, science is now using a series of 8 markers and assigning a probability of gender.Part of the problem is definition: sex and gender are not the same thing. Sex is what's between your legs, but gender is between your ears. We are a culture deeply embedded in the sexual binary and it's very uncomfortable and difficult to be confronted with a scientific truth that is at odds with such a long-standing preconception.Knowing as we do that some chemicals can cause intersex conditions in animals (polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxin specifically) how can we deny some people equal citizenship on the basis of indeterminate observable genitalia that may have been the result of man-made pollution? We also know that dioxin can cause homosexual behavior in rats that are exposed to the smallest quantities we can measure.Why worry so much about defining male and female? We always hear about the bathroom or dressing room issue, so why not let people use the room they are most comfortable in? According to the FBI there has never been a recorded case of a man dressing as a woman to assault women in restrooms. Crossdressing a man convincingly is not an easy task, it's not done casually.Maybe we should stop discriminating against homosexuals and transsexuals since we don't know what causes them to be that way and there is no scientific evidence that they are inherently dangerous to anyone.
Well, the Olympics no longer try to define male and female because they discovered that there is no absolute scientific way to determine. Now that we know that there are 9 chromosome patterns found in humans (7 besides the common XX and XY) and because we have discovered that there are normal appearing and functioning men with the XX pattern and vice versa, science is now using a series of 8 markers and assigning a probability of gender.
Part of the problem is definition: sex and gender are not the same thing. Sex is what's between your legs, but gender is between your ears. We are a culture deeply embedded in the sexual binary and it's very uncomfortable and difficult to be confronted with a scientific truth that is at odds with such a long-standing preconception.
Knowing as we do that some chemicals can cause intersex conditions in animals (polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxin specifically) how can we deny some people equal citizenship on the basis of indeterminate observable genitalia that may have been the result of man-made pollution? We also know that dioxin can cause homosexual behavior in rats that are exposed to the smallest quantities we can measure.
Why worry so much about defining male and female? We always hear about the bathroom or dressing room issue, so why not let people use the room they are most comfortable in? According to the FBI there has never been a recorded case of a man dressing as a woman to assault women in restrooms. Crossdressing a man convincingly is not an easy task, it's not done casually.
Maybe we should stop discriminating against homosexuals and transsexuals since we don't know what causes them to be that way and there is no scientific evidence that they are inherently dangerous to anyone.
